CUKIER v. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASS'N

No. 1-93-1258.

630 N.E.2d 1198 (1994)

259 Ill. App.3d 159

197 Ill.Dec. 74

Jean CUKIER, M.D., Petitioner-Appellee, v. The AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, The Journal of the American Medical Association, and Charles B. Clayman, M.D., Respondents-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

February 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berman and Trachtman, P.C., Chicago (Michael H. Berman, of counsel), for petitioner-appellee.

Jack R. Bierig, Richard D. Raskin, Susan A. Weber, Sidley & Austin, Chicago (Kirk B. Johnson, Joseph E. Simonaitis, Wayne G. Hoppe, American Medical Ass'n, of counsel), for respondents-appellants.


Presiding Justice MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 224, the petitioner, Jean Cukier, M.D. (Cukier), filed a petition for discovery before suit (see 134 Ill.2d R. 224), seeking to identify those persons or entities who were responsible for alleged defamatory statements made to the respondents claiming that petitioner had a financial interest in the publication of an article he submitted to the Journal of the American Medical...

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